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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has on December 5, 2016 struck out the preliminary objection filed by Brasoil Oil Services Company Nigerian Limited (“Brasoil”) against the Federal Government of Nigeria (“FGN”). The preliminary objection dated March 24, 2016, which came on the heels of the lawsuits filed by the FGN against notable multinational…Read More→

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has called on the party’s factional National Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff to shun political rascality for the sake of posterity. George made the appeal in his Ikoyi office, Lagos when he hosted the South-West zonal executives of the party on…Read More→

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday warned that criminal elements might capitalize on the midnight raids on residences of alleged corrupt judges to kidnap, maim and kill judges to the embarrassment of the federal government, even as he asked the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to quickly save the judiciary by sanctioning corrupt members in…Read More→

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alleged that a cabal of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is out to destroy Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, the governor noted that should the “APC cabal” succeed in destroying the nation’s democracy “no one will be spared.” Fayose made the…Read More→

The Seaport Terminal Operators of Nigeria has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for banning the importation of vehicles into the country through the land borders. The chairperson of the group, Vicky Haastrup, while reacting to the ban announced by the Federal Government on Monday said the move, if well implemented by the Nigeria Customs Service, will…Read More→

The Kaduna State government has blamed the Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) for last December’s clash with soldiers. The government’s position was contained in a White Paper on the July report of the panel, which probed the December 2015, Zaria clashes. Presenting the White Paper yesterday, Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s media aide Samuel…Read More→

No fewer that 25 state governors of the party, Federal Executive Council, FEC members, national assembly members, ministers and other party chieftains are also expected at the rally slated for the Democracy Park, Akure. Vanguard reports that the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo is also expected to grace the ceremony. It remains uncertain if the…Read More→

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, presided over by Justice Olukayode Bada, has upheld the Appeal filed against Chief Rich Arisco Osemwengie and others by the Edo State Government, the Benin Traditional Council, BTC, and others, following alleged attempt by Chief Osemwengie and others to usurp the powers and ridicule the stool of…Read More→

Following last Thursday’s raid and arrest of some Bureau De Change (BDC) operators by operatives of Department of State Security (DSS), black market operators are now hoarding foreign currencies since they are being forced to sell at a price lower than what they bought from the banks. This was as the US dollars crashed to…Read More→

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has raised fresh alarm, saying there have been moves to remove the case of arrest of fake election results printing from Port Harcourt (Rivers) to Calabar (Cross River), just to kill the matter. Wike said there were moves to remove the matter out of the reach of the people…Read More→

Former Kaduna State military governor, Abubakar Umar, has made up his mind to sue MTN over unsolicited messages and fraudulent deductions by the telecoms giant. Speaking on Saturday, Mr. Umar said he has briefed his lawyers to file the suit against MTN after complaining over unsolicited messages and deductions to no avail. The retired colonel…Read More→